3.0.0 1234 2022-02-08T23:21:41Z 2022-05-20T16:27:20Z Senate S 2019-04-30 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2019-06-27T14:00:34Z Referred to 2019-04-30T17:04:08Z 2019-06-27 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2019-04-30 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2019-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2019-04-30 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-04-30 True Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Energy Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Federal-Indian relations Government buildings, facilities, and property Government liability Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Intergovernmental relations Judicial review and appeals Licensing and registrations Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Nuclear power Nuclear weapons Public contracts and procurement Public participation and lobbying Radioactive wastes and releases State and local government operations Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security User charges and fees Energy 00 2019-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-19T20:54:59Z Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2019

This bill addresses nuclear waste management.

Among other things, this bill

  • establishes the Nuclear Waste Administration (NWA) to provide for the permanent disposal of nuclear waste, including the siting, construction, and operation of additional repositories, a test and evaluation facility, and additional storage facilities;
  • transfers to the NWA specified functions of the Department of Energy, including those related to the construction and operation of a repository;
  • prescribes siting guidelines for nuclear waste storage facilities and repositories and for the identification and suitability of candidate sites;
  • directs the NWA to establish a storage program to provide interim storage for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; and
  • confers upon the NWA responsibility for transporting nuclear waste.
]]> Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2019 Display Title Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1234is/xml/BILLS-116s1234is.xml 2019-06-27 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.